{"title":"Ramachandra Guha","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the collection of works by \u003cem\u003eRamachandra Guha\u003c\/em\u003e, a distinguished Indian historian and author known for his insightful explorations of Indian history, biography, and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the central offerings in this collection is \u003cstrong\u003e\"Gandhi 1914-1948\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, a detailed biography that chronicles Mahatma Gandhi's pivotal years, providing a nuanced understanding of his leadership and philosophy. It is an indispensable resource for those interested in the life of one of India's most significant figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\"Rebels Against the Raj\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, Guha casts light on the fascinating narratives of seven foreigners who fought for India’s independence, offering a fresh perspective on the colonial resistance movement. This work exemplifies Guha's ability to weave complex historical events into engaging stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor nature enthusiasts, \u003cstrong\u003e\"Speaking with Nature\"\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate relationships between humans and the natural world, capturing the beauty and science of nature through a series of reflective essays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCricket fans will delight in \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Commonwealth of Cricket\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, where Guha shares his personal journey with the sport, blending memoir with the rich history and cultural impact of cricket in India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLastly, \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Cooking of Books\"\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling look at the world of publishing, filled with anecdotes and insights drawn from Guha's expansive career. It is a must-read for anyone curious about the literary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDive into Ramachandra Guha's works to discover his remarkable ability to educate and engage readers with meticulously researched and artfully told narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gandhi-1914-1948-by-ramachandra-guha-9780141044231","title":"Gandhi 1914-1948","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe magnificent biography of Gandhi by India's leading historian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGandhi lived one of the great 20th century lives. He inspired and enraged, challenged and delighted many million men and women around the world. He lived almost entirely in the shadow of the British Raj, which for much of his life seemed a permanent fact, but which he did more than anyone else to destroy, using revolutionary and inspirational tactics. In a world defined by violence on a scale never imagined before and by ferocious Fascist and Communist dictatorship, he was armed with nothing more than his arguments and example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis magnificent book tells the story of Gandhi's life, from his departure from South Africa to his assassination in 1948. It is a book with a Tolstoyan sweep, both allowing us to see Gandhi as he was understood by his contemporaries and the vast, unbelievably varied Indian societies and landscapes which he travelled through and changed beyond measure. Drawing on many new sources and animated by its author's wonderful sense of drama and politics, the publication of \u003cem\u003eGandhi 1914-1948\u003c\/em\u003e is a major event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46344144257260,"sku":"9780141044231","price":29.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5244293482238.jpg?v=1744012882"},{"product_id":"the-commonwealth-of-cricket-by-ramachandra-guha-9780008422547","title":"The Commonwealth of Cricket","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom one of India’s finest writers, thinkers, and commentators, \u003cem\u003eThe Commonwealth of Cricket\u003c\/em\u003e is a memoir of a love affair with cricket. As a fan, player, writer, scholar, controversialist, and administrator, Ram Guha has spent a life with cricket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Guha offers both a brilliantly charming memoir and a charter of the life of cricket in India. He traces the game across every level at which it is played: school, college, club, state, and country. He provides vivid portraits of local heroes, provincial icons, and international stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the narrative of his life intertwined and in love with the sport, Guha captures the magic of bat and ball that has ensnared billions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46628284236012,"sku":"9780008422547","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27145373482190.jpg?v=1751909125"},{"product_id":"rebels-against-the-raj-by-ramachandra-guha-9780008498801","title":"Rebels Against the Raj","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A narrative of startling originality … As discussions of Britain’s colonial legacy become increasingly polarised, we are in ever more need of nuanced books like this one’ SAM DALRYMPLE, \u003cem\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRebels Against the Raj\u003c\/em\u003e tells the little-known story of seven people who chose to struggle for a country other than their own: foreigners to India who across the late 19th to late 20th century arrived to join the freedom movement fighting for independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf the seven, four were British, two American, and one Irish. Four men, three women. Before and after being jailed or deported they did remarkable and pioneering work in a variety of fields: journalism, social reform, education, organic agriculture, environmentalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book tells their stories, each renegade motivated by idealism and genuine sacrifice; each connected to Gandhi, though some as acolytes where others found endless infuriation in his views; each understanding they would likely face prison sentences for their resistance, and likely live and die in India; each one leaving a profound impact on the region in which they worked, their legacies continuing through the institutions they founded and the generations and individuals they inspired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the entwined lives, wonderfully told by one of the world’s finest historians, we reach deep insights into relations between India and the West, and India’s story as a country searching for its identity and liberty beyond British colonial rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46655534858476,"sku":"9780008498801","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27907913482190.jpg?v=1752471997"},{"product_id":"the-cooking-of-books-by-ramachandra-guha-9780008670184","title":"The Cooking of Books","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is not often that an author and his editor strike up a relationship which survives forty years of epistolary exchanges and intellectual sparring.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe strangely enduring and occasionally fractious friendship which developed between the famously outspoken historian Ramachandra Guha and his reticent editor Rukun Advani is the subject of this quite eccentric and thoroughly compelling literary memoir.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt started in Delhi in the early 1980s, when Guha was an unpublished PhD scholar, and Advani a greenhorn editor with Oxford University Press. It blossomed through the 1990s, when Guha grew into a pioneering historian of the environment and of cricket, while also writing his pathbreaking biography of Verrier Elwin. Over these years Advani was Guha’s most constant confidant, his most reliable reader. He encouraged him to craft and refine the literary style for which Guha became internationally known – narrative histories which have made vast areas of scholarship popular and accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFour decades later, though he no longer publishes his books, Advani remains Guha’s most trusted literary adviser. Yet they also disagree ferociously on politics, human nature, and the shape of their commitment to India. They usually make up – because it just wouldn’t do to allow such an odd relationship to die.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt around letters and emails between an outgoing and occasionally combative scholar and a reclusive editor prone to private outbursts of savage sarcasm, \u003cem\u003eThe Cooking of Books\u003c\/em\u003e is never short of the kind of wit, humour, and drollery that has been strangled by contemporary political correctness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46846053515500,"sku":"9780008670184","price":52.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1535953482191.jpg?v=1758903939"},{"product_id":"speaking-with-nature-by-ramachandra-guha-9780300278538","title":"Speaking with Nature","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom one of the world's leading historians comes the first substantial study of environmentalism set in any country outside the Euro-American world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy the canons of orthodox social science, countries like India are not supposed to have an environmental consciousness. They are, as it were, \"too poor to be green.\" In this deeply researched book, \u003cem\u003eSpeaking with Nature\u003c\/em\u003e, Ramachandra Guha challenges this narrative by revealing a virtually unknown prehistory of the global movement set far outside Europe or America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLong before the publication of Rachel Carson's \u003cem\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/em\u003e and well before climate change, ten remarkable individuals wrote with deep insight about the dangers of environmental abuse from within an Indian context. In strikingly contemporary language, Rabindranath Tagore, Radhakamal Mukerjee, J. C. Kumarappa, Patrick Geddes, Albert and Gabrielle Howard, Mira, Verrier Elwin, K. M. Munshi, and M. 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